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  "id": 629513,
  "title": "KRX activates buy-side sidecar for KOSPI on sharp rise",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/krx-activates-buy-side-sidecar-for-kospi-on-sharp-rise-629513",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-12T04:22:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/economy/20260812/krx-activates-buy-side-sidecar-for-kospi-on-sharp-rise"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Korea Exchange (KRX) activated a buy-side sidecar for the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) due to a sharp rise in the stock index. This was triggered when the KOSPI 200 Futures index rose 5 percent or more for at least one minute. As a result, program trading for KOSPI-listed shares was suspended for five minutes at 11:57 a.m.\n\nThe KOSPI rose 315.69 points, or 4.97 percent, to 6,661.22 as of 12:15 p.m. The index had opened 1.47 percent higher. According to The Korea Times, the stock rise was led by a rally in semiconductor shares, despite overnight losses on Wall Street.\n\nThe surge in technology shares contributed to the gains in Asian equities. MSCI’s Asia-Pacific equities gauge advanced 0.4 percent, with South Korea’s tech-heavy Kospi Index adding 2.8 percent, as per The Business Times.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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